Calling all professors!

We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for post-secondary instructors to order examination and desk copies from us. Gone are the days of trolling through our site, finally finding that book you want, and then having to fish out an email or a fax number from our contact info. Now, when you land upon that perfect title for your class, it’s one click to our examination copy request form.

You’ll find the link to the form next to the cover image of the book. When you click that link, you’ll be brought to a form that gathers all the information we need from you. The ISBN of the book you want to order is automatically populated into the form so we can find it instantly. You can add the title or the ISBN of one or two other books. (We kindly ask that you request no more than 3 books a term.)

You’ll get a response from one of our staff to let you know the book is on its way. And we may follow up with you in a few months to see what you thought. Pretty easy, eh?

So this is the last in our series on our new website. We touched on the high points and we hope that you’ll check out the site to see what else has changed. Overall, we think we’ve made a much more informative and user-friendly site.

But we what we think doesn’t matter that much – what are your thoughts?

So you want to be a UOP author…

Our editor, Eric Nelson, had a big influence on our new website. He wanted to see more information available for people interested in publishing with us. Well Eric, you got what you wanted!

A comprehensive submission guide is now found in the “Info” section of the site, complete with standard editorial schedules, documents for download and contact information.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you could publish with the UOP, you can find answers here: http://www.press.uottawa.ca/info/submissions

I can’t imagine we missed anything (I think we went through eight drafts of that page!) but on the off chance that we have, let us know and we’ll fill in the gaps.

UOP Renovations at Home and Online

You may have heard that our offices underwent renovations not that long ago. At the same time, we were renovating our online home – our website. You may have already noticed the changes.

For the month of October, we’ll be posting a little note each week about a new feature on our website. We’d like for you to try it out and let us know what you think. Consider it an informal beta test.

And just so we can get the obvious out of the way, we'll start with the shopping cart. Yes, you can now buy UOP books in the comfort of your own home, regardless of where you are! We’ll ship them to you and in no time you’ll be enjoying your very own UOP book.

Our entire catalogue is up there, so go nuts. Seriously. And let us know how you felt about your shopping experience.

UOP Home Page:  http://www.press.uottawa.ca/